# Advice needed: employment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839 "2002-10-18T15:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839/21 "2002-10-18T21:15:22Z")
Didn’t know you were a publishing guy, Poly. We can discuss it at the Dope-A-Ween if you make it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839/22 "2002-10-18T21:30:06Z")
Where’s my damn beer? I’m **really** thirsty now. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839/23 "2002-10-19T00:48:08Z")
I **told** you. Come to the Dope-A-Ween. There’s a six-pack reserved in your honor. What’s your favorite? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839/24 "2002-10-19T01:39:19Z")
You expect that man to wait until Dope-A-Ween. After all the work he did for you? You are a mean man **Jonathan**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839/25 "2002-10-19T02:24:00Z")
My thoughts: 1. Lady Chance is indeed a saint. And there are very few well-paid saints. Hang onto her. But also take her at her word. 2. Anthracite asked an important question about security. I’m not sure I’d take it as far as she did, but how stable is this nonprofit? (That’s more important than the size, IMHO.) How long have they been putting out the magazine? And is the magazine central to its mission, or can they keep doing whatever their mission is without the magazine? And do they mind if you look at their recent 990s? I’m sure you know far better than I about the unstable nature of magazine publishing, and while it’s been a rocky year for many businesses, it also hasn’t been a great year for nonprofits either, what with 9/11 vacuuming up all the loose change for miles around. 3. How do your prospects look with the other interviews? Any potential ‘dream jobs’ there? How good are the odds? Or are they just potential paychecks that might or might not materialize? If the nonprofit has a good track record, or committed backing with reasonably deep pockets, I’d say go for it. If it’s hard to tell whether they’ll still be in existence two years from now, then I’d suggest looking at the other companies you’ve interviewed with, making a snap judgment on the likelihood of one of them coming through with a decent offer, and if the odds aren’t strongly in your favor, I’d say take the contract deal. But that’s me, and you’re not me. [sub]I know you know what you know but you should know by now that you’re not me. –Rutles[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-employment/132839.md?page=1)